Final Cut Pro 3

applenutapplenut
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Wow. FCP 3 just looks unbelievable. Real-time effects, transitions, and titling? can't get any better than that. and it scales apparantly very well for the real-time affects. Even my Powerbook G4 667 Mhz can now do real-time editing in FCP3. before this would have cost an additional 1000 dollars on top of a desktop and be impossible on a laptop.



OfflineRT looks great.



Now I just have to save up for the upgrade
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  • Reply 1 of 21
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    I am thinking about asking my cousin to get the academic version for me.



    The copy I use now is from the last company I worked but Apple refuesed to transfer the licence to my name....if I need the latest I have to pay the full price!



    [ 12-05-2001: Message edited by: Leonis ]</p>
  • Reply 2 of 21
    supersuper Posts: 82member
    It's an incredible peice of kit. Can't wait to get hold of the upgrade. I can only imagine how well it will run on anyt dual proc machine over 1ghz . The colour correction and offline is great - the real time effects make it the best solution for editing at any price.
  • Reply 3 of 21
    gigawiregigawire Posts: 196member
    whats the difference between the academic and retail versions? i could never find one in software nor packaging.
  • Reply 4 of 21
    michaelm8000michaelm8000 Posts: 297member
    WAY TO GO APPLE!! FCP 3 is awsome!!! I could not have asked for more!! Sometimes I wish apple made photoshop. Beacuse if they did and it was to photoshop what finalcutpro is to premeir it would KICK ASS!!! But in the mean time I am very happy!! My clients we be to
  • Reply 5 of 21
    supersuper Posts: 82member
    I've been going over the Apple info on FCP3 and it looks like the real-time effects are preview only on the desktop. Now that's great but it will no doubt require a render before going to tape. I hope im wrong about this because it's a truly remarkable product in so many ways.
  • Reply 6 of 21
    othelloothello Posts: 1,054member
    the system requirements for fcp3 are interesting...



    [snip]

    Final Cut Pro 3 requires Mac OS X v10.1.1 or Mac OS 9.2.2



    hmmm, i don't seem to have 9.2.2!
  • Reply 7 of 21
    othelloothello Posts: 1,054member
    the system requirements for fcp3 are interesting...



    [snip]

    Final Cut Pro 3 requires Mac OS X v10.1.1 or Mac OS 9.2.2



    hmmm, i don't seem to have 9.2.2!
  • Reply 8 of 21
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by othello:

    <strong>the system requirements for fcp3 are interesting...



    [snip]

    Final Cut Pro 3 requires Mac OS X v10.1.1 or Mac OS 9.2.2



    hmmm, i don't seem to have 9.2.2!</strong><hr></blockquote>

    That's Apple's subtle way of telling you to upgrade to a Mac running OSX.
  • Reply 9 of 21
    catalystcatalyst Posts: 226member
    9.2.2's now at 1.f2



    [edit: spelling]



    FCP 3 is sooo sweet...



    [ 12-05-2001: Message edited by: catalyst ]</p>
  • Reply 10 of 21
    kennethkenneth Posts: 832member
    [quote] whats the difference between the academic and retail versions? i could never find one in software nor packaging.<hr></blockquote>



    Well, both are the same(outside package, product number M8179Z/A) for the FCP 2. Now, I've seen the version 3 US$999 Retail package product number is M8562Z/A, and the US$299 academic package product number is M8563Z/A.



    Kenneth <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 11 of 21
    prutz11prutz11 Posts: 20member
    Some bad news for those of you who enjoy using your Contour Designs Shuttle Pro. I emailed asking if the drivers would be ready when I got my copy of FCP 3 in the mail (for X)... answer-



    "We will not be showing OS X drivers until MacWorld in January 5 weeks from yesterday.



    You can still use FCP 3 in 9.x but not in classic under OS X."



    I am not mad at them or anything, but it does mean that I have to freak'n wait until Jan. to use FCP in X. They must have guessed or been told that FCP 3 was going to be out at Macworld... O well.



    -will
  • Reply 12 of 21
    macanoid(tm)macanoid(tm) Posts: 344member
    [quote]Originally posted by prutz11:

    <strong>Some bad news for those of you who enjoy using your Contour Designs Shuttle Pro. I emailed asking if the drivers would be ready when I got my copy of FCP 3 in the mail (for X)... answer-



    "We will not be showing OS X drivers until MacWorld in January 5 weeks from yesterday.



    You can still use FCP 3 in 9.x but not in classic under OS X."



    I am not mad at them or anything, but it does mean that I have to freak'n wait until Jan. to use FCP in X. They must have guessed or been told that FCP 3 was going to be out at Macworld... O well.



    -will</strong><hr></blockquote>



    They've been promising OS X drivers for their UniMice ever since OS X releases 10.0 - i've yet to see 'm
  • Reply 13 of 21
    eupfhoriaeupfhoria Posts: 257member
    [quote]Originally posted by othello:

    <strong>



    hmmm, i don't seem to have 9.2.2!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Run software update. Download. Install. Run FCP 3. Be happy you don't own a wintel. Ponder why you aren't in X.
  • Reply 14 of 21
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    they did a great job on not screwing up the user interface,aqua-fying it just the right way...like a drink, best served ice cold <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 15 of 21
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    Awesome program, but, um....I need a new computer now (see signature below).



    (Waiting for the Combo Drive in the TiBook and I'm there!)
  • Reply 16 of 21
    tarbashtarbash Posts: 278member
    Does anyone know if FCP 3 will allow for 24 frames per second editing?
  • Reply 17 of 21
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by Tarbash:

    <strong>Does anyone know if FCP 3 will allow for 24 frames per second editing?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    isn't that the normal frame rate for DV?
  • Reply 18 of 21
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

    <strong>



    isn't that the normal frame rate for DV?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    24fps is for film.



    DV NTSC still is 29.97fps
  • Reply 19 of 21
    supersuper Posts: 82member
    FCP does support 24fps editing. My question would be - "Are you doing offline editing of telecined film ? If you want to edit 24fps you should look at the <a href="http://www.auroravideosys.com"; target="_blank">Igniter card </a>. It does real-time pull down of 24fps material. It's doing real-time effects on SD - 8 bit material and you only need standard drives.
  • Reply 20 of 21
    kormac77kormac77 Posts: 197member
    Many people are talked about FCP 3.0's inability to working with "Real RT" capability.



    What if APPLE put DV decoding capability in every New Mac which is coming MWSF 2002 ?



    Will it solve the problem ?
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